Candlestick



W. SELKIRK. Candlestick.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

NEPETERS. PKOTO'LIYHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SELKIRK, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,556, dated April 13, 1880, Application filed February 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM SELKIRK, of Galveston, county of Galveston, and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Candlestick-Handle and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the handle applied to a candlestick with a portion of the dish of the candlestick broken away. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the handle detached.

My invention relates to an improved handle for candlesticks, which may either be used for lifting the candlestick or for hanging the same up against the wall; and it consists in forming the ordinary circular finger-loop in one piece with an upward extension provided with a slot, which may be placed upon a nail on the wall, as hereinafter described. I

In the drawings, Arepresents a candlestick, which may be of any suitable pattern, but which, as shown, is formed with a dish-shaped bottom 'and four vertical blades, between which latter the candle is held. To this candlestick is soldered my improved handle, which consists of the circular finger-loop B and the vertical straight extension 0, which is provided with a slot, a, made larger at its lower end to receive the head of the nail or screw which may be fixed in the wall, and smaller at its upper end, so as to'be slipped down behind the head of the nail to be locked in position.

In constructing the handle B C it is formed of a single strip of metal having, preferably, beaded edges, and made wider at the upper end of the part 0, so as to have a broad bearing against the Wall. This stripisbent around to nearly a complete circle, B,and is then bent back, following the curve of the circle for a short distance, and is then extended vertically at O. The handle so formed is attached to the dish of the candlestick byinserting the latter between the single end I) and the double or bent end 0, and soldering it in place with the end I) resting on top and c underneath the dish.

With this construction of handle the partB may be seized by the forefinger for transporting the candlestick, as usual, while the part 0 not only affords means for hanging the candlestick against the wall, but acts also as a brace for the thumb in carrying the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- The combination, with a candlestick, of a handle formed of the finger-loop B and the straight slotted extension 0, made in one piece, of metal, and attached to the candlestick, substantially as described.

WILLIAM SELKIRK.

Witnesses:

JACOB F. WEITZEL, WM. K. JoHNsoN. 

